The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Moreover, soap is indeed better than bath beans.

After using it, won't the soap business come?

"Everyone in Chang'an City says that everything from your Jingyang Palace is good stuff. Is there a shop for this soap in Chang'an City?"

Someone who knows the ins and outs of it immediately began to ask Lao Zhao about the soap shop.

Lao Zhao smiled and shook his head.

"Not yet, maybe we have to wait until next year, that is to say, the soap you have now is the first batch in the whole Chang'an City."

Everyone couldn't help but smile when they heard it.

The first batch, that is to say, except for the Jingyang Palace and the people who came to the banquet today, no one else has it.

No matter what kind of rich family or noble family he is, he can't use it.

This is because he is related to the Jingyang Palace, so he can have such a good thing.

It's great.

If this soap is as good as the housekeeper said, it will be as popular as tea in Chang'an City in the future. Once the shop opens, people who want to buy it will probably line up in front of the shop.

When leaving, everyone received the gifts and left the Duke of Ying'an's house with satisfaction.

Seeing this, the housekeeper of the Duke of Ying'an's house could not help but sigh.

The future son-in-law is really well prepared. Moreover, he took the things that will be sold in the shop in Chang'an City as a return gift. When the shop opens next year, there will be no worries about lack of business. In the case of good things, people will take the initiative to buy them in the shop.

Either the future son-in-law has a rich family background or he can make money.

In the backyard of the Duke of Ying'an's house, after the banquet was over, Li Fu, his future father-in-law, mother-in-law, and his future wife, enthusiastically sent the guests to the front yard.

Now that there is a hostess in the Jingyang Palace, the only hurdle left is getting married.

After the guests left, it was time for Li Fu to leave.

"Uncle, aunt, it's getting late, so I'll go back first." Li Fu said to Li Ji and his wife with a bow.

"Okay, okay." Li Ji drank a lot of wine today, and now his face was a little red, and he forced himself to see the guests off.

Li Ji's wife and Li Shao supported Li Ji on the left and right, allowing him to stand still.

"Huairen, go slowly on the road." Lady Yingguogong asked.

Because of Li Fu's injury, he didn't drink during the banquet today, so he escaped.

"Be careful on the road, and go back to rest well." Li Shao reminded.

"Okay." Li Fu smiled and nodded in response.

After leaving Yingguogong Mansion, Li Fu got on the carriage with the help of Lao Zhao.

Five days had passed, and Li Fu's injuries had recovered a lot. At least he could sit still during the banquet today.

After returning to the carriage, he still sat on the thick cushion. Wu Liangye drove the carriage, and the people from the Jingyang Palace returned home in a mighty manner, which made the servants of the Duke of Ying's Mansion very busy.

People who came to pay tribute had to be received, guests had to be received, and people who came to work from the Jingyang Palace had to be fed and received. Today, the Duke of Ying's Mansion was full of people.

After the people dispersed, the servants of the Duke of Ying's Mansion had to clean up.

After returning to the Jingyang Palace, Li Fu also took a rest. Although he did not drink during the banquet, it was not an easy thing to entertain at the Duke of Ying's Mansion, especially today he was still the protagonist, the future son-in-law of the Duke of Ying's Mansion. There were compliments, jokes, and flattery in the words.

They were all relatives of the Duke of Ying's family. Li Fu could only deal with them carefully in order to avoid mistakes.

Before paying the tribute, after the Duke of Ying's Mansion decided on the guest list, they also sent someone to deliver a letter to the Prince of Jingyang's Mansion to let Li Fu know in advance.

Even if they are all relatives, there are differences in closeness and distance.

Seeing that the New Year's Day is just a few days away, all the government offices in Chang'an City have become busy. At the same time, the visits between families before the New Year have also become more frequent. New Year's goods must be prepared before the New Year's Day and sent to each family.

This year, the Prince of Jingyang's Mansion is still the same, but the person in charge of this matter has changed from Lao Zhao to Lao Zhou.

The things are basically the same, this year there is more Wude wine, and the soap from the soap workshop, each family is given six pieces.

There are a total of six different flavors, a set of six pieces, each piece is individually packaged, and then placed in an exquisite wooden box.

Even the box containing these six pieces of soap is a set box, which looks exquisite at a glance.

The workshops in Zhuangzi are constantly innovating, and the carpenters' workshops in Chang'an City will never worry about having no work to do.

Even if there are no new things, the annual tea and Chang'an City holiday limited gift boxes are enough to keep them busy.

Holiday limited gifts in various regions, or different, even the theme is different every year. If there is a rich family in Chang'an City who has a hobby of collecting, this will fascinate him.

Li Fu's injury has healed. Under the effect of many useful medicines for bruises, it is impossible not to get better quickly.

There is also the two bowls of bitter medicine soup that day. Li Fu doesn't want to mention it. His mouth feels bitter when he thinks of it.

Li Fu leaned on the kang. There was hot tea and preserved fruits on the kang table. Li Fu held a scroll in his hand.

The first batch of books in Da'an Palace has been copied and sent back. Next year, we will start to borrow and copy the second batch.

Things have to be done slowly, especially this matter, which can't be rushed.

The craftsmen who carve characters have also become skilled. At present, they are gradually eliminating the dozens of sets of clay characters and starting to replace lead type. In this way, the money spent in their workshop has risen sharply.

However, for Li Fu, this amount of money is nothing.

Shitou returned to the Jingyang Palace in Chang'an from the farm, exhausted. The snow on his cloak had not yet melted, so he went straight to Li Fu's courtyard.

He came to the corridor outside the door, stood still, took off his cloak, shook off the snow on his shoulders, hung it outside the door, and then knocked on the door.

"Come in." Li Fu's voice came from inside the house.

Shitou pushed the door open and walked into the house.

"My dear, I have already asked about your teaching." Shitou said.

As he spoke, he took out a bound book from his arms and presented it to Li Fu with both hands.

"My dear, this is a sample produced by the printing workshop."

Li Fu put down the book in his hand and took the book from Shitou's hand.

He flipped through it roughly.

"Good quality." Li Fu responded.

"My dear, the font size is also divided according to your request. We can adjust it according to the content of the book." Shitou said: "Because this book is a sample, the font size will be changed every few pages, so that we can see the effect intuitively."

Li Fu flipped through the book in his hand, which was a book of "Spring and Autumn Annals".